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Diwakar Bhatt
Asked: 2017-05-05 08:00:46 +0800 CST

What is the Best way to use Microsoft exchange in Ubuntu 17.04

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What is the best way to use Microsoft exchange in Ubuntu 17.04 fluently? Is it possible to use Thunderbird for this free of cost?

17.04

3 Answers

  1. I find that Evolution with EWS Plugin works well with Microsoft Exchange.

    sudo apt-get install evolution evolution-ews
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  2. Hiri is a fast, secure, efficient mail client for those that want to access Exchange / Office 365 on Linux. You can use Hiri to connect to Exchange, Office365, or a Microsoft email account (Outlook.com, Live, Hotmail). Other email providers, such as Gmail, Yahoo, etc. are currently not supported. Hiri can be installed from the Ubuntu Software app in Ubuntu 16.04 and later.

    • Beautiful, uncluttered interface helps you blaze through your emails.
    • Unique Skills Center that helps you get your email under control.
    • Fully functional calendar.
    • Syncs your emails, calendars, tasks and contacts.
    • Access your company’s Global Address List.
    • Your mail does not pass through any 3rd party servers - strictly between you and your server.
    • Uses Microsoft’s EWS protocol - works with Exchange as it should.

    Hiri is a paid for app, but you get a 7 day free trial. If nothing else if you install Hiri and try the free trial, you'll get to see how a paid for app like Hiri compares to a free app like Evolution.

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  3. I would like to share a complete 3-Step tutorial to sync your calendar account with Linux.

    Note: This will also sync your email to evolution, after the tutorial just open evolution and refresh the mailbox - you must have email sync enable on Online Accounts.

    This tutorial will even work with personalized enterprise domain in office 365.

    STEP 1) Install evolution-ews on your Linux

    Debian and derivated:

    sudo apt-get install evolution-ews

    or just

    sudo apt install evolution-ews

    on newer versions.

    Fedora and Derivated:

    sudo yum install evolution-ews

    or

    sudo dnf install evolution-ews

    on newer versions.

    STEP 2) On Online Accounts select Microsoft Exchange:

    Fill up the email and password fields with your Office 365 info (the rest will be filled automatically).

    STEP 3) Replace Server field with:

    outlook.office365.com

    and copy the email field content into username field.

    Here is how it should look like:

    BEFORE: Before

    AFTER: After

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